Same ammo pricing since 2/08

[GingerGuy]

I keep watching for an increase in the cost of ammo. But I have been paying the same price for 9mm and .45ACP from MidwayUSA since February, 2008.

I just bought more of each cal. of Magtech today and paid the same price that I paid in Feb....now that I have written about it, the price is sure to go up.

Have ammo prices really gone up like you read about? What gives?

 

[evan price]

"Have ammo prices really gone up like you read about?"

Yes, it has. 9mm was down under $5 a box 2 years ago. Now it's $9 a box. (CCI Blazer Brass ammo @ Wal*Mart- the best deal I can find).

Overall factory ammunition has at least doubled and in some cases tripled in price in the past 2-3 years.

Remember when you could get milsurp .308 for ten cents a round, and you could choose which one you wanted? Now getting milsurp .308 at forty cents a round is par for the course and there are very few options.

Primers were $10/k a few years ago, now they are $35/k and up.

So yes, ammo has really gone up in price, no fooling.

Will it keep going up? Probably, but I think the monthly increases are behind us. Just don't look for discounts anytime soon. My sources say an increase in August. But then, who really knows?

 

[GingerGuy]

Thanks for the heads up. I heard that on August. This recent purchased might have saved me a few pennies.

I agree, prices today vs. 1 or 2 years ago is higher, I just hope pricing has stabilized for a while now.

 

[Bartkowski]

From a few years ago yes, ammo has gone up a lot; but in the past 6 months I haven't seen much of an increase.

Anyone think that ammo will go down? Oil prices dropped slightly and lead and other metals have dropped in price too.

 

[hotpig]

My retailers like myself do not raise the ammo prices until we start paying under the new price schedule. This can be days, weeks or months.

I had my Gold Metal 308 ammo at the same price for almost two years before I started paying more for it.

Wal Mart often runs two price hikes behind the mfg. Many just recently raised prices from the January fifth mfg increase.

 

[onebigelf]

Yup.. Just a few years ago I bought 500 rnds of Winchester whitebox 115gr 9mm for $50 at Sports Authority. Now I wish I'd bought more as most places 500 rnds are well over twice that. Ouch!

John

 

[evan price]

Oh, and BTW: Wal*Mart just raised .22lr Federal 550-ct bricks up another couple bucks this weekend.